Zurvalec

Screenwriter Antonín Máša wrote a television production Zurvalec based on Turgenev's short story. It is a psychological drama about the conflicting encounter between Lieutenant Kister and the dangerous duelant Captain Luchkov, who drives away the boredom of an empty life in a backwater province with a series of violent acts. The tense relationship between the two men, expressing a contradiction of creative tolerance and aggression, is exacerbated by their interest in a woman who succumbs to admiration for the "predator" Luchkov. The tragic confrontation of different approaches to life raises the question of the possibilities of defending human decency over evil.

Ingrid Timková

Milan Lasica

Ján Gallovič

Zora Kolínská

Ľubomír Paulovič

Matej Landl

Peter Mankovecký

Vladimír Jedľovský

Ľubo Gregor

Štefan Kožka

Szidi Tobias

Ján Pomšár

Juraj Slezáček

Marián Labuda

Boris Zachar

• Vladimír StrniskoDirector
• Antonín MášaScreenplay
• Ladislav HalamaEditor

Release date

January 1, 1993

Status

Released

Original language

Slovak

Genres

Drama